Expertise:  I can answer questions about oil and gas leasing, and give suggestions on how to respond and what to expect when contacted by an oil company or their representative offering to lease your minerals. I can answer questions about selling your minerals, or buying other people's minerals. I can also answer questions concerning forced-pooling, correlative rights, deeds and conveyances, and the infamous "post-production" costs that are often deducted from royalty checks. I am most experienced with Oklahoma properties and laws, but am able to answer questions concerning other oil and gas producing states in many cases.
I am a Certified Professional Mineral Manager (CMM) (certified by the National Association of Royalty Owners in Tulsa, OK) and have managed my own oil and gas properties in Oklahoma for over 10 years and have dealt with many landmen, attorneys, and other oil and gas professionals in the process of doing so. I am also a member of several professional associations and have written articles of interest to royalty owners which have appeared in several industry publications. I have prepared deeds and done title work and curative for my own minerals; and have acquired a good deal of knowledge on the subject of oil and gas law and landwork in general in the process.